ReviewPediatric radiology2024
Update on imaging recommendations in paediatric uroradiology: the European Society of Paediatric Radiology workgroup session on voiding cystourethrography.
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- ESR Essentials: renal imaging in children-practice recommendations by the European Society of Paediatric Radiology.European radiology · 2026Guideline
- Safely limiting the use of antibiotic prophylaxis and invasive testing in asymptomatic children with antenatally detected hydronephrosis.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
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- Considerations for imaging of children pre-operatively- and in the early post-operative period of renal transplantation.Pediatric radiology · 2026Review
- Voiding cystourethrography for the pediatric nephrologist: clinical value, challenges, and areas of debate.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
- Low Risk for Urinary Tract Infection After Voiding Cystography in Children Without Dilated Vesikoureteral Reflux.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Innovations in pediatric imaging: a scoping review of the past decade with case illustrations.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Article
- Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced voiding ultrasonography and direct radionuclide cystography with physiologic bladder filling volumes in pediatric vesicoureteral reflux-a prospective study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Optimizing pediatric vesicoureteral reflux management: a single-center experience with contrast-enhanced ultrasound in reducing radiation exposure and antibiotic use.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Application of Ultrasound in Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux: From Diagnosis to Follow Up.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Intrarenal reflux is linked to subsequent kidney scarring: a retrospective study.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- Prediction model for severe vesicoureteral reflux in children with urinary tract infection and/or hydronephrosis.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- Dynamic Multi-Image Weighting for Automated Detection and Diagnosis of Abnormal Urinary Tract on Voiding Cystourethrography with a Deep Learning System: A Retrospective, Large-Scale, Multicenter Study.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Reduced kidney size and renal function of high-grade vesicoureteral reflux and intrarenal reflux in contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) is a fluoroscopic technique that allows the assessment of the urinary tract, including the urethra, bladder, and-if vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is present-the ureters and the pelvicalyceal systems. The technique also allows for the assessment of bladder filling and emptying, providing information on anatomical and functional aspects. VCUG is, together with contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (VUS), still the gold standard test to diagnose VUR and it is one of the most performed fluoroscopic examinations in pediatric radiology departments. VCUG is also considered a follow-up examination after urinary tract surgery, and one of the most sensitive techniques for studying anatomy of the lower genitourinary tract in suspected anatomical malformations. The international reflux study in 1985 published the first reflux-protocol and graded VUR into five classes; over the following years, other papers have been published on this topic. In 2008, the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) Uroradiology Task Force published the first proposed VCUG Guidelines with internal scientific society agreement. The purpose of our work is to create a detailed overview of VCUG indications, procedural recommendations, and to provide a structured final report, with the aim of updating the 2008 VCUG paper proposed by the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR). We have also compared VCUG with contrast-enhanced VUS as an emergent alternative. As a result of this work, the ESPR Urogenital Task Force strongly recommends the use of contrast-enhanced VUS as a non-radiating imaging technique whenever indicated and possible.
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